Wild Words: Place and Environment Writing (Accredited Course)

This module will introduce students to the history and context of place and environment writing, through the reading and discussing of key literary and critical texts, particularly since Romanticism and with a focus on contemporary writing. We will interrogate key critical terms such as ‘nature’, ‘wilderness’, ‘pastoral’, ‘sublime’ and ‘ecofeminism’ and look at the key contexts of current place and environment writing, such as re-wilding, climate change and biodiversity loss. Together we will explore the ways in which contemporary writers use form, structure and language techniques to achieve specific effects for their readers in texts about place and environment.

• Tutor: Lucy Mary Cheseldine BA MPhil (please note change of tutor)
  
• Term: Spring
• Day: Wednesday
• Start Date: 12 January 2022
• Time: 7-9pm
• No. of weeks: 11
• Full fee: £130
• Credits: 10

This course will be delivered via Zoom. Students joining the course will need access to a computer, laptop or tablet with a microphone (essential) and a webcam (desirable) as well as a reliable broadband connection.

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